Abortion in a Progressive Legal Environment
The Need for Vigilance in Protecting and Promoting Access to Safe Abortion Services in South Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11020443 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karen A Trueman (Karen A. Trueman and Makgoale Magwentshu are with Ipas South Africa, Johannesburg.), Karen Trueman (Right to Care), Makgoale Magwentshu (Karen A. Trueman and Makgoale Magwentshu are with Ipas South Africa, Johannesburg.) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 103 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 397-399 |
| Publication date | 2013-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.2012.301194 |
| PMID | 23327279 |
| PMCID | PMC3673529 |
| OpenAlex | W2058384952 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
The importance of South Africa as a model for reproductive self-determination in Africa cannot be underestimated. Abortion has been legal since 1996, and the country has some of the most developed government systems for the provision of abortion care on the continent. Yet in the same way opponents of abortion in the United States have whittled away at access with increased bureaucracy, South Africa faces similar assaults that leave women without safe care and threaten to turn back achievements made during the past 16 years. I explore the history of the law, subsequent legal challenges, and new threats to women’s access to abortion services, including service delivery issues that may influence the future of public health in the country
Abortion · Abortion law · Bureaucracy · Business · Economic growth · Environmental health · Family planning · Government (linguistics) · Political science · Politics · Population · Pregnancy · Public health · Research methodology · Unsafe abortion · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Reproductive Health and Contraception · Reproductive Health and Technologies
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| Citations per year | 1.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2024 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |